Standard Ways to Fulfill the Language Requirement

IMPORTANT NOTE: All courses used to attain Weinberg foreign language proficiency must be taken for a letter grade; they cannot be taken P/N.

Language

Department

Course completed with a C- or Better

AP Score

Other

Arabic

Middle East & N. African Studies

ARABIC 121-3

none

Program Test and Interview

Chinese

Asian Lang. & Cultures

CHINESE 121-3 or 125-3 or above

none

Dept. Test and Interview

Czech

Slavic Lang. & Literature

SLAVIC 206-3

none

Dept. Test and Interview

French

French & Italian

FRENCH 121-3 or 125-3 or 201-0

5 *

Dept. Test and Interview

German

German

GERMAN 102-3, 205-1, 205-2, 221-1, -2, or -3

5 **

Dept. Test and Interview

Ancient Greek

Classics

GREEK 201-3

none

Dept. Test

Hebrew

Jewish Studies

HEBREW 121-3

none

Center Test

Hindi

Asian Lang. & Cultures

HIND-URD 121-3 or above

none

Dept. Test and Interview ***

Italian

French & Italian

ITALIAN 102-3, or 133/134-3

4 or better

Dept. Test and Interview

Japanese

Asian Lang. & Cultures

JAPANESE 121-3 or 211-1 or above; course required depends on placement

none

Dept. Test and Interview

Korean

Asian Lang. & Cultures

KOREAN 121-3; 125-2 (if taken in 2016-17 or later) or 125-3 (if taken prior to 2016-17); or 211-1 or above. Course required depends on placement.

none

Dept. Test and Interview

Latin

Classics

LATIN 201-3

5

Dept. Test

Persian (Farsi)

Middle East & N. African Studies

PERSIAN 121-3

none

Program Test and Interview

Polish

Slavic Lang. & Literature

SLAVIC 208-3, 358

none

Dept. Test and Interview

Portuguese

Spanish and Portuguese

PORT 121-3

none

Dept. Test and Interview

Russian

Slavic Lang. & Literature

SLAVIC 102-3, 304-1, 304-2, 304-3

none

Dept. Test and Interview

Spanish

Spanish and Portuguese

SPANISH 121-3, SPANISH 125-0, or SPANISH 127

4 or better on Lang. and/or Lit. exam

Dept. Test and Interview

Swahili

Program of African Studies

SWAHILI 121-3

none

Program Test and Interview

Turkish

Middle East & N. African Studies

TURKISH 121-3

none

Program Test and Interview

Urdu

Asian Lang. & Cultures

HIND URD 121-3 or above

none

Dept. Test and Interview ***

* French - For students entering prior to Fall 2014, the foreign language requirement in French could also be satisfied with an AP score of 4.

** German - For students entering prior to Fall 2018, the foreign language requirement in German could also be satisfied with an AP score of 4.

*** Hindi-Urdu - Or IB test score of 5 or above and 10th- or 12th-grade Indian Board Exam (including GCE and IGCSE) results of 70% or above. Students with a Hindi or Urdu IB score of 5, 6, or 7 have satisfied the foreign language requirement.